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Other Collection

After my collection of cushions. Here are a part of my personal collection and a part of the show room's collection :

Collection of PHOTOS

For me the photos mean a lot . I love Photos of " old voyages" , Press photos , anecdotal photos , food photos , portraits ...I love everykind of photos as long as they remind me something or they touch me ,  or they create a feeling ...

my old photos

My mexico photo in my dining room from a famous mexican photographer

My favorite in my personal collection , it is a picture of R Bachelard ( a famous and expensive photographer) called Juan Les Pins Il pleut 1936. It is a gift of my Dad . I love it

An old photo of Marseilles ' harbour in sale in my antiques shop . I can not keep every picture

1892 photo of Marseilles in sale in my little show room

an old shool picture that reminds me Doisneau's picture . i'm going to frame it and to hangle it in the bedroom of my show room

this picture is from a pictures' album . i love the ambiance and it reminds me the dear bloggers :

Corey , Ulla , Nicole ,Shelley , Lea and also others such as Vanessa , Donna Well I will write more about these girls who have fun later

Siesta on my collection

eAfter this heavy week end ,  I need to rest again.

So why not having a siesta ( a nap) laying  on my collection of ...Cushions

Would I choose a colorful ambiance ?

Kenzo's and lelièvre Cushions , laying in a bed  ( ready to have a nap)

OR  would I choose a girlie and romantic ambiance ?

Lelievre and Kenzo's cushions . I love the pink one with diamonds but I think for my nap it is going to itch  me

I love these  yellow ones too

Nice rectangular P . Frey cushion

Would I prefer a natural one ?

Look at these natural  linen cushions . I love the one with bees embroidery on the front

this country pillow ..Waouh ..Gorgeous isn't it ? with its litlle roses embroidery

OR should I choose a moroccan inspiration ?

Ethnic P . Frey Cushions

In pink it is more girlie ...

OR should I choose a big warm  cushion

big Pierre Frey cushion  , fabric and false fur : IT IS GORGEOUS in a barocco decoration

SO WHICH ONE SHOULD I CHOOSE ????

week end

                                                       HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY

                                 

photo courtesy of my dear friend Frederique Chastel

chicken in the kitchen

Well , Today I've seen that in my shop we have chickens , hens , well fowls everywhere  not only in the kitchen ( but chicken in the kitchen sounds funny to me)...

let me show you : IT IS A REAL COLLECTION

There is a new fabric of P. Frey that made me think about it . I love this fabric I 'm going to make a blind in the kitchen of " a provencal bastide"

I will take a better picture next time because IT IS VERY NICE

Brunschwig fabric with a little hen in provencal ceramic : poterie de lussan 80 euro

MORE LUSSAN'S CERAMICS

POULE DE LUSSAN BETWEEN 80 AND 100 EURO

PINTADES DE LUSSAN  BETWEEN 80 AND 100 EUROS

BOOK ABOUT CHICKENS

Chickens painting of Edouard Coppenolle , a  XIX th century famous french painter

you will see it in our show room .. price : 1300 euro

Asiatic chicken ( without any disease) in XIX china . It looks so modern . Price : 170 euro

China From Pierre Frey , available in our show room

Chicken from P. Frey again even in the cushions and the bags ..Do you believe it ?

available in our show room

The Last But not THE LEAST

I don't translate the name of this container in english , well in french it is called " cul de poule " ( poule = chicken). it is for cooking . Bocuse would love it. It is to make still egg whites or caramel

WHAT A GIRL WANTS ...

This post could have been calles what a girl needs , what a girl loves or otherwise  girl's things

Girls love silk , diamonds and Marie Antoinette's things , even if I prefer Madame de Pompadour things , this woman inspired "le Petit Trianon"

Cushions from lelièvre .I love them , they are all , diamonds silk in an antique place !!

You will find them in my little show room

Menue : embroidery on silk with Marie Antoinette designs and Mucha design

unframed :45 euro / each

We all love crowns , tiaras  because We wish to be a princess

crown old emboidery on napkin : 45 euro

and old hangers with aristocratic portraits : 40 euro / each

We all like glamour , perfumes ..

Cristal perfume Bottle in a victorian inlaid box

WE ALL WANT LOVE

Iron heart Lamp in my little show room

More girls things to come in another post

By the way , by talking about girls things , I think that blogging is a girl's  activity . I see not a lot of man's blogs around here .

MORE north african inspiration

This morning by reading Patricia GRAY's post about " moroccan inspiration" . I felt like writing about north african inspiration as it is one part of my roots .

I always have some antiques from there and I love to use fabrics in my decoration.

SOME ANTIQUES

XIX th century inlaid moroccan teatable . 160 euro

another inlaid moroccan table price 170 euro. To buy it contact me

Sculpture of Mirabelle Dors , a famous artist . price 130 euro

A XIXth picture , I collect old pictures but I also sell some of them , this one is great. I love this type of ethnic picture . To buy it contact me .

SOME FABRIC

A Rubelli's fabric in sale in our show room, 155 euro / meter

Some Kilim type Fabric, it gives such a nice ambiance

Two Pierre Frey's fabric in sale in our show room

FOR MORE MOROCCAN INSPIRATION , VISIT THE WONDERFUL BLOG OF MARYAM

MARY

In France today is day off thanks to MARY

So let be a little close to her . I can call this post Mary or my religious collection.

Little Mary pray for us

I love this altarcloth on the background , the work of embroidery on it is just wonderful

here is Notre Dame de La garde , our Marseille's symbol . Every religion go to this cathedral , to ask to Mary anything and she does anything for us.

I love the faith lighting Mary

OUr provencal Marry called also " santibelli" there are terracotta statue with brightful colors . The one at the left was painted over in white but it is not its original color. Personal collection of my friend Muriel.

another piece of my religious collection :

another baby Jesus crown

Jesus Crown with strass and metal with its original wrap paper , This one has more strass than the others I have . This is wonderful piece .

Un air de Japon ...

Today , For lunch I've been to an exposition in Marseilles

Called :

DESSINS DE PIERRE BONNARD ( drawings of Pierre Bonnard)

MUSEE CANTINI MAY 12TH TO SEPTEMBER 2ND

One part of Bonnard's Art is mostly inspired by japanese art , in particularly japanese etching's art .

I love this part , Japanese art and inspiration are so great , it creates such a zen attitude and decoration

It is very minimalist but it means so much

So his drawings reminds me the inflence of Japan in decoration .

I look around me and I've found some fabrics and things I want to share with you

Pair of XIXth century large plate in japanese porcelain , the drawing is so modern

Geishas design fabric from Gaston , in sale in our show room .( price 88 euro / meter) others colors

Ikebana design fabric from Brochier (price 114 euro / meter, others colors available), in sale in our show room . I love this fabric that reminds me the japanese floral art

  Tricia Guild also was inspired by Japan in her last collection , available in our show room

CASSIS

Frédéric Mistral :

" Qu'a vist Paris, e noun Cassis, n'ai rèn vist" "The one who saw Paris, if he did not see Cassis can say that he saw nothing "

WELL THIS WEEK END I HAVEN'T WRITTEN A NOTE BECAUSE I WAS IN CASSIS

RESTING

I LOVE FARNIENTE

I 'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS SO YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT THE ONLY THINGS TO DO ON SUNDAY IS RESTING IN A BEAUTIFUL PROVENCAL VILLAGE

ALL THE WONDERFUL PICTURES ARE THE WORK OF FREDERIQUE CHASTEL , A WONDERFUL JEWELL AND FRIEND SHE IS A DOCTOR BUT SUCH AN ARTIST .

Don't forget she is also a writer

SHE SELLS HER PICTURE SO DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME

Cap canaille from la presqu'ile . F Chastel. This cliff is the Europe's highest cliff on the sea

provencal boats called "pointus "F . Chastel

Cap Canaille . F . Chastel

I love this one taken from "les calanques " with this white stone on the front  .

Don't you like to come to visit Cassis , after having a glass of wine or a " pastis " ( typical provencal aperitif) and then go to the flea market ... To sum up having the BEST TIME

MORE ABOUT ME EPISODE .2

LET'S CONTINUE IN THE "MORE ABOUT ME" SECTION

HERE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU OR TO SHOW YOU WHAT I LIKE IN DECORATION

I LIKE WHEN HOME SMELL GOOD , SOMETHING THAT REMINDS US CHILDHOOD OR A TRIP OR A FEELING ...

Marie Antoinette canddle from P. Frey . it smells like powder ...it is magic ( it reminds me my childhood)

I LIKE TO MIX CLASSICAL AND MODERN

a black modern lamp in my classical living room

Or USE OLD DESIGN FABRIC NEWLY COLOURED

E. Petit fabric  called Saint Cloud , do you see these new colours ...TERRIFIC

I LOVE BLACK AND WHITE AND FORNASETTI DESIGN

Fornasetti cushions , they mix 2 things I like : fornasetti design and his surrealist and paradoxical way of life and black and white

I LOVE MISSONI HOME DESIGN

Missoni fabric in sale in my shop with trimmings on it . I love also trimmings

And last but not least and I'm sure you already know it

MY DAD'S TASTE AND WORK